Coppitelli after the defeat that may have ruled him: I never saw this, Osijek will be fourth!
Osijek even in the 24th round of the HNL failed to stop the negative string that has been going on for a month. After the victory over the 'wise' in the 20th round of the HNL « White-Blue », they fell into a major crisis, and against Slaven Belupo they registered their fourth consecutive defeat. The « pharmacists » celebrated with a turn of 2-1 goals with Suta and Jagusic, while he scored Pusic for Osijek.
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Osijek – Slaven Belupo
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Despite the defeat and the fact that he is currently sitting in a « hot chair », Osijek's coach Federico Coppitelli was quite pleased after the game.
– It's hard to describe this game, we were better than Slavs, who had no chance. In the second half we lacked a little energy, it was not easy. We have well controlled the game to a goal that is out of context. I can't say anything wrong with the boys – Coppitelli claims to Osijek TV.
Osijek and Slaven Belupo met in the 24th round of the SuperSport HNL |
He took the same squad to the field, which on Wednesday came to a great victory over Dinamo for the semi -finals of the Croatian Cup.
– We played with the same line -up as against Dinamo, some of the players had some problems. I can only say thank you to some guys who played today, such as Bukvik and Justice, who are not quite ready. They have only trained once in the last few weeks. This was one of the best games in the second part of the season by the level of effort and energy. The first half was perfect.
Coppitelli: I've never seen this …
He claims he is not concerned about the weaker form that has fallen to sixth place in Osijek …
– We have shown that we are better than them, but at this point we are not winning points. We want to change that, we have two games to a representative break. I have never seen a team playing with this kind of energy and in this way without winning points. So I'm not worried, I'm just disappointed. We shouldn't have lost.
Osijek and Slaven Belupo met in the 24th round of the SuperSport HNL |
He responsibly claims that « white-blue » will secure fourth place and European qualifications.
– This is a team that has had a lot of difficulty since the beginning of the season. We had a lot of injuries and things that made it difficult for us. We are in the semi -finals of the Cup and we will end the fourth at the HNL – Coppitelli said confidently, and continued …
– If Slaven is our direct competitor, we have proven that we are better. We didn't deserve to lose, after this performance, I have to be optimistic. After the match against Sibenik, I could not be pleased, but we played a good game against the team, which they say is in the best form in the league. This is a very difficult period for us, but we will overcome it, no doubt.
Kovacevic: I knew Osijek couldn't stand it
Mario Kovacevic He was pleased with the victory in which Osijek's drop was expecting.
– An interesting match, we had two different half -time, but that's football. We played the first half as if something would just come to us. We expected that Osijek could hardly endure 90 minutes in a high rhythm a few days after the game against Dinamo. We knew we needed one goal, that one goal, to turn the match, and that happened in the end – concluded Slaven's strategist.
